Cement-grave-vault mold.



G. F. BOOK & W. MARTIN.

CEMENT GRAVE VAULT MOLD.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 29, 1912.

1,099,01 O, Patented June 2,1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL F. BOOK AND WALTER MARTIN, 0F LEBANON, KANSAS.

CEMENT-GRAVE-VAULT MOLD.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CARL F. Boot: and WALTERMARTIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Lebanon, in thecounty of Smith, State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Cement-Grave-Vault Mold, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel mold whereby a box lidmay be formed, the construction being such that lids of different sizesmay be made upon a single machine.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made Within the scope ofwhat is claimed Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the several constituent parts of thedevice spaced apart and in perspective; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of thecover core, parts being sectioned; Fig. 3 is a transverse section of thecomplete device; Fig. 4 is a transverse section showing the finishedproduct in place on the box; Fig. 5 is a detail showing in elevation,the coiiperation between certain parts of the cover core.

The device herein disclosed is adapted to be employed in the formationof lids for rough-boxes in which cofiins are commonly inclosed.

The device, broadly considered, comprises a cover frame, and a covercore supported by the cover frame. These elements will be described inorder.

The 004167" frameibs cover frame comprises side bars denoted. generallyby the numeral 39 and rectangular-1y disposed end bars denoted generallyby the numeral 40. The side bars 39 comprise base strips 41 andrectangularly disposed flange members 42. The end bars 40 each comprisea base strip 43 and a rectangularly disposed flange member 44. The basestrip 41 of the side bar 39 at one end serves as an abutment for thebase strip 43 of one end bar 40. The flange member 42 of the side bar 39is notched as indicated at 45 to define an extension overhanging thefiller 47 hereinafter referred to to receive the base strip 43 ofSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 29, 1912.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Serial No. 700,439.

the end bar 40, the flange member 42 abutting against the flange member44. At one end, the base strip 43 of each end member 40 abuts againstthe base strip 41 of one side bar 39. The flange member 44 of the endbar 40 is notched as indicated at 46 to receive the base strip 41 of theside bar 39, the flange member 44 abutting against the flange member 42to close the angle at the corner of the structure. In the upper faces ofthe base members 41 and 43 there are longitudinal grooves 47 the parts41 and 43 being notched transversely as indicated at 48, so that thegrooves may be con- .tlllLlOllS. The extremities of the grooves 47 maybe closed by means of filling blocks 47*, rounded or concaved at theirends as indicated at 47 to conform to the curvature of the groove 47.The obvious purpose of the blocks 47 is to prevent the ribs 75 (see Fig.4) which are fashioned in the cover 77 of the box 72 from extending tothe outer faces of the cover. Noting pan ticularly Fig. 3 it will beseen that an eye bolt 49 is pivoted at its inner end to the inner faceof the flange member 44 below the strip 43. The eye bolt 49 extendsthrough a slot 50 formed in the flange member 42 below the base strip41.

Nuts 51 are threaded upon the bolts 50, the nuts 51 engaging the outerfaces of the members 42 of the side bars 39. Eye bolts 52 are attachedto the members 42 and extend through slots 53 in the flange members 44of the bars 40. The extremities of the eye bolts 52 carry nuts 54adapted to engage the outer faces of the flange members 44.

From the foregoing description it will be obvious that the cover framemay be expanded and contracted at will. The cover frame is supported inany appropriate man ner.

The core?" 00re.The cover core is shown most clearly in Figs. 1, 2 and 3and includes side members 55 to the extremities of which rectangularlydisposed end members 57 are secured. The adjacent ends 56 of the sidemembers 55 are scarfed together for sliding movement as shown in Fig. 5.Connecting bars 58 are applied to the inner faces of the end members 57the connecting bars 58 and the members 57 being provided with aplurality of openings 59, adapted to receive securing elements 60 whichare carried by the end members 57, these securing elements 60 being boltand nut structures ordinarily.

Applied to the inner, adjacent faces of the side members 55 are rudebars 61 having elongated slots 62 receiving slidably, bolt and nutclamping members 63 which are carried by the side members 55. Projectinginwardly from the ends of the guide bars 61 are end sills 64-, therebeing intermediate sills 65 projecting inwardly from the bars 61 betweenthe end sills 0a. Connecting bars 66 unite the end sills 64 and theintermediate sills 65, respectively, there being in each of the parts65, 6a and 66, a plurality of openings 67, adapted to receive bolt andnut structures 68 which are carried by the sills 0a and 65.

()wing to the fact that the bolts 63 are mounted to slide in the slots62 of the guide bars 61, the cover core may be increased in length. Bymounting the bolts 60 success'vely in the openings 59 and by mountingthe bolts 68 successively in the openings 67, the cover core may beincreased in width. A plurality of overlapped plates 69, ordinarilyfashioned from yieldable metal, are carried by the side members and bythe end members 57, the plates 69 sliding upon each other to permit thecover core to be expanded. lVhen the cover core is expanded ransverselythere will exist a space between the end members 57, which space may beclosed by a plate 70, the plate 70 resting upon the base strip 43 andhaving a flange 71 received beneath the parts 57.

0pcrat2'0n.The operation of the several constituent parts of thestructure have been dealt with hereinbefore, but at this place it may benoted that the cover core is mounted upon the parts 4E1 and 43 of thecover frame. The end walls 70 are mounted in place, and concrete istroweled down over the plates 69 of the cover core, the concreteentering the groove 47 to form the bead 7 5 in the cover 77 of the box 72, lateral movement of the lower portion of the concrete being preventedby the fiange members 42 and 442.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described a frame comprising a side bar and an end bar,each bar including a base strip and a flange member, the base strip ofone bar constituting an abutment for the base strip of the other bar,the flange member of said other bar being extended across the base stripof the abutment forming bar into close relation of the flange strip ofthe abutment forming bar; the base strips being provided with flan 'emembers an arched eX )ansible core resting upon the frame within thecontour of the flange members, and end walls for maintaining thecontinuity of the core when the core is expanded.

3. In a device of the class described, a frame comprising angularlydisposed bars having grooves in their upper faces, one bar havingnotches adapted, individually, to form a communication between thegrooves; a filler mounted in the groove of the notched bar, to terminatethe groove therein; and a core cooperating with the frame.

4:. In a device of the class described, a frame comprising angularlydisposed bars, one of which is provided with a longitudinal bead forminggroove; a filler mounted in the groove and constituting a closure forthe groove; and the other bar having an extension overhanging the fillerto hold the filler in place in the groove; and a core cooperating withthe frame.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CARL F. BOCK. IVALTER MARTIN.

lVitnesses PERCY R. ATKINS, JOHN L. BoNncUTTER.

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